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Re: Exact meaning of / (forward slash)

Subject: Re: Exact meaning of / (forward slash)
From: Dan Emory <danemory -at- primenet -dot- com>
To: Jeff Hanvey <jewahe -at- yahoo -dot- com>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 11:58:43 -0700

At 11:43 AM 5/8/00 -0700, Jeff Hanvey wrote:

Everytime I've seen the slash (other than in computer
languages), it has been used as a stand in for "or."

s/he (or his/her) = she or he.
and/or = and or or.
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